Shloka 8

कर्म–ज्ञान–दैव–स्वभावविचारः

Inquiry into Karma, Knowledge, Fate, and Nature

Devanagari script

अध्यात्मविधितत्त्वज्ञ: क्षान्त: शक्तो जितेन्द्रिय: । ऋजुश्न सत्यवादी च तस्मात्‌ सर्वत्र पूजित:,वे अध्यात्मशास्त्रके तत्त्वज्ञ विद्वान, क्षमाशील, शक्तिमान, जितेन्द्रिय, सरल और सत्यवादी हैं। इसीलिये वे सर्वत्र पूजे जाते हैं

Transliteration

adhyātmavidhitattvajñaḥ kṣāntaḥ śakto jitendriyaḥ | ṛjuḥ snātaḥ satyavādī ca tasmāt sarvatra pūjitaḥ ||

Translation

వాయువు పలికెను—అధ్యాత్మవిధి బోధించే తత్త్వాలను తెలిసినవాడు, క్షమాశీలుడు, సమర్థుడు, ఇంద్రియజయుడు, సరళుడు, శుద్ధుడు, సత్యవాది—అటువంటి వాడు అందుచేత సర్వత్ర పూజింపబడతాడు.

Word by Word

अध्यात्मविधितत्त्वज्ञःknower of the truth as taught in the adhyatma doctrine

क्षान्तःpatient, forbearing

शक्तःcapable, able

जितेन्द्रियःone whose senses are conquered; self-controlled

ऋजुःstraightforward, upright

चand

सत्यवादीtruth-speaking

चand

तस्मात्therefore, from that (reason)

सर्वत्रeverywhere

पूजितःis honored, is worshipped

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A person becomes universally worthy of honor through inner knowledge (tattva-jñāna) grounded in spiritual discipline, together with ethical virtues—patience, strength of character, mastery of the senses, straightforwardness, purity, and unwavering truthfulness.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, Vāyudeva is describing the marks of an exemplary, dharmic person. The verse functions as a concise character-portrait: it lists virtues and concludes that such a person is respected everywhere.